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cetup.PREINC: The Pre-Incubation Program for Founders

Once you have expanded your start-up idea in cetup.ID and found a potential customer base, you can continue directly with the follow-up program cetup.PREINC. In a period of 12 weeks, you build a first prototype version of your product and validate and improve it in several iterations based on real customer feedback.

Everything important at a glance

Target group: Students, graduates, employees of TU Dortmund, FH Dortmund, FH Südwestfalen, Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt and the research institutes as well as people interested in founding a company in the region.

Participant limit: Maximum 10 teams (individual or team start-ups) per batch

Format: On site at the CET (Emil-Figge-Str. 80, 44227 Dortmund)

Duration: 12 weeks

Participation requirements: Successful completion of cetup.ID and non-founded startups.

* Depending on capacity and with a view to promoting program quality, also open to teams without university affiliation.

Officially excellent

In 2019, we were awarded as an Excellence Start-up Center (ESC). Thanks to funding from the state government, cetup.PREINC is currently free of charge.

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Your advantages

  • You will receive individual support from experienced start-up experts in a setting of a maximum of 10 teams per batch.
  • You reduce the uncertainties of your start-up idea by systematically evaluating the market opportunities.
  • You will learn to understand customer needs, develop a value proposition, create a first prototype and optimize your pitch deck.
  • You will gain access to the coworking space at CET. Here you can work intensively on your ideas, meet other start-up teams and experience the founder spirit live.
  • You will learn new digital collaboration tools and methods that can help you both in your studies and in your career.
  • You will be optimally prepared for participation in cetup.INNOLAB.
Growthy
1. Platz im cetup.PREINC 1/2021
“At PREINC, you will systematically work on your start-up idea. You can look forward to your weekly sessions with your coach, with whom you will never lose your way.”
Regis.ai
2. Platz im cetup.PREINC 1/2021
„Super program that responds individually to participants and keeps you on track if you also have enough drive to follow along. The active support from Coach, MakerSpace and DataSpace during prototyping is worth its weight in gold.“

Procedure of cetup.PREINC

Interviews with our cetup.PREINC teams

Contact for queries

Please send inquiries by e-mail to cetuptu-dortmundde

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